Example sentences of "be a [noun] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had already been a prisoner nearly a year and had not yet escaped .
2 Erm , the employment services has agreed to fund that entirely , so it 's not erm the company 's not having to make any contribution towards it , and very probably there will be a second course a week or two later .
3 Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so
4 It 's erm , it 's a mess really the way
5 half of them I think , I think it 's a bit tight the elastic , it do n't sit on your hips , aye it too
6 WHEN is a champion really a champion ?
7 But what we 've effectively got is a neuron here a neuron here and a neuron here and we 've got our three classes .
8 If at least one of the promoters is a corporation then the promoters may proceed with the formation by subscribing all the shares between themselves .
9 I mean I think there is a danger quite a number of the C erm Community Service Volunteer placements involve things like looking after very severely handicapped people who are erm in higher education or something .
10 from two , nine is two and that number is a minus so the answer 's going to be a minus , so it 's gon na be ?
11 However , an ordinary axe was no match for a humming power axe which could slice bronze like flesh ; nor was a broadsword remotely the equal of a power sword .
12 Robert Beaumont , earl of Leicester like his father before him , was a man barely a year past forty , squarely built and no more than medium tall , dark of hair and darker of eyes , rich but sombre in his attire , and carrying the habit of command very lightly , not overstressed , for there was no need .
13 There was a party almost every Saturday night given by someone in his circle of friends .
14 Say that was a tenon there the underneath part of the chair you 're not gon na see drills a hole in there
15 And , from what I hear , her Wesley was a lot nearer the mark than her Mozart .
16 It was a gift ter the child . ’
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